Efficient Everolimus Treatment for Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer with AKT1 Mutation: A Case Report

Metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), the advanced stage of prostate cancer (PCa), develops resistance to first line androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Aberrant androgen receptor (AR) and PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling pathway are responsible for the development and progression of mCRPC. We herein describe a case of a 64-year-old male mCRPC patient with somatic AKT1 and AR mutations. The patient, who had been heavily pretreated by ADT and AR inhibitors, showed stable disease progression when he received everolimus, an mTOR inhibitor. The PSA level dropped drastically from 1493.0 ng/mL to 237.6 ng/mL, after 3 months of treatment. The overall survival (OS) was 43 months, of which the progression-free survival (PFS) with everolimus treatment was 7 months. The administration of mTOR inhibitor, everolimus, could achieve good clinical responses along with prolonging PFS for mCRPC patients harboring AKT1 mutations. Technology in precision medicine, such as targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) of cancer-relevant genes, has promising function in personalized therapy.